St Thomas More Catholic Primary School
Inspiration, Celebration and Education
Would you like to join our great team of staff at St Thomas More Catholic Primary School?
We currently have the following vacancies as detailed below:
Please see below an advertisement from our MAT
The Little Way Catholic Educational Trust (LWCET) :
Lead Governance Professional
Little acts, great love, big difference
The position is advertised as the equivalent to 0.5 FTE across the two contracts.
Salary range: Lead Governance Professional: NJC 28 - £34,834 (.16 FTE hour)
Clerk: NJC 26 – £30,296 (.34 FTE hours)
Hours: The position is advertised as the equivalent of 17.5 hours per week.
Contract: Term Time Only + 1 week Working hours: The successful applicant will be required to clerk meetings for the Board of Directors (including named committees) and the Local Governance Committee for two schools. Some of these meetings are held in the evening. For the rest of their work, there is flexibility regarding working hours and terms (subject to the Trust being able to meet all regulatory requirements).
Start date: For a September start or as soon as possible in the new academic year. Please make your preferred working pattern clear in your application
During a time of growth and formation, the Little Way Catholic Educational Trust is looking to appoint an experienced clerk or administrator to join the central team and lead the strategic development and coordination of clerking across the Trust and its schools. This is a unique and very exciting opportunity for an experienced professional to contribute to the development of the Trust and shape its future. As the Trust grows, we anticipate so will this role. We are therefore seeking to appoint a colleague who will, in time, lead a small team of LGC clerks, ensuring compliance in all our schools.
The successful candidate will be pivotal in ensuring effective recruitment, induction and training of governors. The successful candidate will also provide support in the management of risk and ensure that the Trust is compliant with its regulatory and statutory obligations including having overall responsibility for ensuring governors at every level work within the Trust’s Scheme of Delegation.
With responsibility for developing, implementing, and monitoring operational governance, the successful candidate will be proactive in building relationships and ensuring effective communication between the work of the Trust Board, local governors and executive team. The successful candidate will need to have high expectations and a real commitment to achieving the very highest of standards.
The Trust is looking for someone with knowledge of governance at both local school and Trust level. The successful candidate will be a strong multi-tasker who can lead on the Trust’s clerking arrangements. Working within an exciting and growing academy trust means they will also be a very diligent and forward-thinking individual who can exemplify best practice and intuitively coach, mentor and support the development of others. This is a very exciting opportunity for a governance professional to help shape the future of governance across a growing organisation.
We can offer:
A Full job description and person specification are available on the Little Way Catholic Educational Trust website: https://lwcet.co.uk/work-for-us/. Application form can also be found here. Application is via a CES application form accompanied by a cover letter to the CEO at c.blanch@lwcet.co.uk .
Application and covering letter should be no more than 2 sides of A4 and state:
CVs are welcomed, but all successful applicants will be required to complete the CES application form.
Closing Date: 11 July at 9am
Shortlisting: 11th July @ noon
Interviews: 18th July (or at a mutually agreeable time w/b 22nd July)
The Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and safeguarding to promote the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be appointed subject to the MAT opening and satisfactory completion of all recruitment processes. This includes obtaining an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate and two satisfactory references before appointment is confirmed.
SEND Teaching Assistant Grade 5 (pts 11-14) £25,979 – £27,334 pa pro rata 17.5 hours (am) - Term Time only Do you want to join a team committed to helping every child meet their full potential? We are looking for a motivated individual who will have a positive impact on children’s education; experience at supporting children with Special Educational Needs would be an advantage. The candidate would need the ability to form a safe, secure and supportive relationship with children who are the schools SEN register, whilst showing patience, consistency and understanding to support their learning, social and emotional needs. The role will include providing support in a mixture of both classroom and pastoral support to SEND pupils who would benefit from targeted interventions. The candidate will liaise with the SENCo and teaching staff in order to provide feedback and be part of planning next steps. For an application pack please contact the school office: admin@st-thomasmore.gloucs.sch.uk It would be an expectation that candidates are supportive of the Catholic Ethos of our school.
Recruitment of Ex-Offenders - GCC Guidance Notes
The Rehabilitation Offenders Act 1974 is aimed at helping people who have been convicted of a criminal offence and have not-re-offended since. The Act applies to anyone who has been convicted of a criminal offence and received a sentence of less than two and half years and has not been convicted of an offence during the rehabilitation period. The rehabilitation period is the specified period after the original conviction. The length of time depends on the sentence the individual was originally given for the offence and runs from the date of the conviction.
If the individual does not re-offend during the rehabilitation period, their conviction is considered to be 'spent'. Custodial sentences over two and a half years are not considered to be spent and always have to be revealed.
Once a conviction is spent, it remains spent and an applicant is not required to reveal it to an employer, even if convicted of a further offence later. However, there is an exemption to this which relates to posts involving working with vulnerable groups including children.
Please see the link below for further information:
https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/media/2103328/mgn-recruitment-of-ex-offenders-5.pdf